Llano Road Roadhouse · Photo: Sanfranman59 · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Rohnert Park fell 32% from 2023 to 2025
In a usual year, 2.9 violent crimes and 12.5 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of California, 4.9 and 21.4. All told, Rohnert Park grades C+ for safety (#143 of 416 graded towns in California): more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Rohnert Park
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 2 California towns on Rohnert Park’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Cotati (B−). Sonoma State University is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, closer to the middle
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Rohnert Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 66% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 37% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Rohnert Park is home to Sonoma State University, with 5,724 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 10% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Rohnert Park’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (12.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Rohnert Park property | Rest of California property | Rohnert Park violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.6 | 24.8 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 14.7 | 25.0 | 3.8 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 12.6 | 20.8 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.2 | 18.5 | 2.4 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Rohnert Park | Rest of California | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Rohnert Park’s police reported 392 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Rohnert Park per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
568 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
107 violent and 461 property, as reported to the FBI by Rohnert Park’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Rohnert Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Rohnert Park had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 2 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for California towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (5.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Rohnert Park’s size would see about 12 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Rohnert Park’s own rate (3.1) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Rohnert Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohnert Park | C+ | 2.9 | 12.5 |
| Cotati | B− | 1.8 | 11.9 |
| Sonoma State University | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Sonoma State University is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohnert Park | C+ | 2.9 | 12.5 |
| Hollister | B− | 3.1 | 7.2 |
| Morgan Hill | C+ | 2.2 | 13.3 |
| El Centro | C+ | 3.0 | 12.4 |
| Coachella | C | 3.0 | 15.4 |
| Palm Springs | D | 5.6 | 32.7 |
The five graded California towns closest to Rohnert Park’s population (44,811), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Rohnert Park. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Rohnert Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (45,002 in 2025); our figure for Rohnert Park is 44,811 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Rohnert Park
Is Rohnert Park, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Rohnert Park reports more crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #143 of 416 in California. Its police reported 2.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Rohnert Park?
2.9 violent and 12.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Rohnert Park in 2025?
Rohnert Park’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Rohnert Park safer than Cotati?
Cotati reports less crime per resident than Rohnert Park: Cotati grades B− for safety and Rohnert Park C+. Cotati’s police reported 1.8 violent and 11.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Rohnert Park?
Rohnert Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Rohnert Park”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.